{"id":57959,"date":"2023-11-15T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-uk-migration-deal-kigali-challenges-uk-supreme-courts-unsafe-third-country-claim"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:54:14","slug":"rwanda-uk-migration-deal-kigali-challenges-uk-supreme-courts-unsafe-third-country-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/rwanda-uk-migration-deal-kigali-challenges-uk-supreme-courts-unsafe-third-country-claim","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda-UK migration deal: Kigali challenges UK Supreme Court\u2019s \u201cunsafe third country\u201d claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The United Kingdom\u2019s Supreme Court decision on the Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership \u201cis ultimately a decision for the UK\u2019s judicial system,\u201d the Spokesperson of the government of Rwanda, Yolande Makolo, said on Wednesday, November 15.<\/p>\n

But she refuted claims that Rwanda is not a safe third country for asylum seekers and refugees, in terms of refoulement.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, UK’s Supreme Court ruled that the plan is unlawful because there are \u201csubstantial grounds for believing that asylum seekers would face a real risk of ill-treatment by reason of refoulement to their country of origin if they were removed to Rwanda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Refoulement refers to the forcible return of refugees or asylum seekers to a country where they are liable to be subjected to persecution.<\/p>\n

Signed in 2022 between Rwanda and the UK, the plan concerns all migrants and asylum seekers who arrived in the UK illegally from January 1, 2022, aiming at relocating them to Rwanda where they will be \u201cempowered through different initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since it was signed, the deal has gone through several court hearings, the latest of which was the one in the Supreme Court, filed by the UK Home Secretary, as an appeal against the lower court\u2019s decision that was not in favour of the plan.<\/p>\n

Rwanda committed to its international obligations<\/p>\n

Delivering the ruling, Lord Robert John Reed, the President of the UK\u2019s Supreme Court announced that the court unanimously dismissed the Home Secretary\u2019s appeal, and upheld the Court of Appeal\u2019s conclusion that the Rwanda policy was unlawful.<\/p>\n

Makolo said: \u201cRwanda and the UK have been working together to ensure the integration of relocated asylum seekers into Rwandan society. Rwanda is committed to its international obligations, and we have been recognized by the UNHCR and other international institutions for our exemplary treatment of refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout this legal process we\u2019ve been busy continuing to deliver progress for Rwandans, and working together with international partners to solve some of the biggest challenges that Africa and the wider world face. We take our humanitarian responsibilities seriously, and will continue to live up to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations, more than 2,500 migrants died or went missing this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe.<\/p>\n

The UK-Rwanda partnership was referred to by Rwanda as \u201ca bold new partnership\u201d which takes an innovative approach to addressing the global migration crisis that involves incentive structures which empower criminal gangs and endanger innocent lives.<\/p>\n

The UK Supreme Court noted that it accepts that the Rwandan government entered into the MEDP (Migration and Economic Development Partnership) in good faith, that it has incentives to ensure that it is adhered to, and that monitoring arrangements provide a further safeguard.<\/p>\n

\u201cNevertheless, the evidence shows that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that asylum claims will not be determined properly, and that asylum seekers will therefore be at risk of being returned directly or indirectly to their country of origin,\u201d part of the statement regarding the ruling read.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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